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SEATTLE -- Felix Hernandez handed the ball to his manager and strolled off the mound as a sea of yellow rose with a roaring acknowledgment not only of his latest effort, but another opportunity to express appreciation for his perfect game nearly a week ago. King Felix wasnt perfect Tuesday night against Cleveland. He was still dominant. Hernandez allowed one run in 7 2-3 innings in the first start following his perfect game, Jesus Montero hit a three-run homer in Seattles four-run seventh inning, and the Mariners won their seventh straight beating the Indians 5-1. "It was pretty amazing," Hernandez said. "This was something special." Greeted by a crowd of more than 39,000, most of them in yellow shirts with the words "King of Perfection" honouring his perfect game, Hernandez (12-5) gave up a leadoff single to Jason Kipnis on an 0-2 pitch. That ended any dream of a second straight perfecto from the Mariners ace, but the bigger task all along was keeping the Mariners winning ways going. Seattle has won 14 of 15 at home and Hernandez improved to 8-0 with a 1.53 ERA over his last 13 starts. He left to a long ovation with two outs in the eighth after throwing 105 pitches. It was the final moment in a night where nearly every move Hernandez made was greeted by noise. He allowed seven hits and struck out five and continued a brilliant two months of pitching. His last loss came on June 12 in San Diego. "None of this gets to his head, all this excitement," Seattle catcher John Jaso said. "Hes just the kind of guy that is going to enjoy it." Hernandez talked earlier this week of needing to move on from his 27-up, 27-down gem last week against Tampa Bay, just the 23rd perfect game in major league history. It was hard to forget with 34,000 blinding yellow shirts handed out to fans. Seattle manager Eric Wedge said he felt it was a night to celebrate Hernandezs accomplishment, but didnt want the emotions of the night to overtake his pitcher. "To no ones surprise he handled it beautifully," Wedge said. Every move Hernandez made was accompanied by raucous applause, whether it was walking out to the bullpen for his pregame routine or when his name was announced as part of the starting lineup. Hernandez got ahead of Kipnis 0-2 on two fastballs, but a third-pitch curveball was dribbled through the infield and under the glove of diving first baseman Justin Smoak. He allowed two hits in the first along with Shin-Soo Choos broken-bat single, but got Carlos Santana to hit into a double play to get out of the inning. Hernandez later got Asdrubal Cabrera to hit into a double play to get out of the third and a tremendous diving catch by Trayvon Robinson robbed Casey Kotchman of extra bases in the fifth. Kotchman got even in the seventh when his double play ground ball took a bad hop over shortstop Brendan Ryans glove to score Santana and tie the game at 1. The Indians then botched a squeeze play with Michael Bradley getting tagged out in the rundown and Hernandez struck out Brett Lillibridge to end the inning. It was the first run Hernandez had allowed in 17 innings. He had retired 11 straight before Santana singled with one out in the seventh. "Hes thrown the ball extremely well the last two months," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "Hes phenomenal." Seattle did nothing against Cleveland starter Roberto Hernandez (0-2) until the fifth inning when Eric Thames drove a 0-1 pitch into the seats in right field for his sixth homer of the season and his second in as many games. It was Seattles first hit and just their second baserunner off the pitcher formerly known as Fausto Carmona. Michael Saunders started the seventh by walking on four pitches and Kyle Seager bounced a single through the right side to put runners at the corners with no outs. Jaso then doubled to deep left-centre to score Saunders and knock Roberto Hernandez from the game. Esmil Rogers took over in relief and was greeted by a 438-foot shot from Montero off the facade of the second-deck in left field. "The ball took off so quick," Montero said. "I was like, Wheres the ball? And the ball was in the stands." Notes: Hernandezs eight-game winning streak is the second-longest of his career. ... Tuesdays crowd of 39,204 was the third-largest of the season and just the 11th time in 62 home games the Mariners have drawn more than 30,000. ... Cleveland RHP Josh Tomlin will undergo Tommy John surgery on Wednesday in Southern California. He will miss the rest of this season and likely much of 2013. wholesale jerseys china . Tsonga, the No. 5 seed, handled Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 at the worlds lone clay-court major. Tsonga hasnt fared well at his native Grand Slam as a pair of fourth-round appearances are his best results in four previous visits. Wholesale nfl jerseys free shipping . 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Sevilla striker Alvaro Negredo scored from a spectacular overhead kick to give the visitors a 19th-minute lead, but Miguel Torres equalized in the 35th. HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros declined their $4 million mutual option on catcher Chris Snyder. The 31-year-old Snyder, who gets a $500,000 buyout, played 76 games for Houston in 2012 and hit .176 with seven homers and 24 RBIs. He batted .271 with three homers and 17 RBIs in 34 games for Pittsburgh before season-ending surgery on his lower back in June 2011. Snyder played for Arizona from 2004 until joining the Pirates in 2010. He has 77 homers, 297 RBIs and a .225 average in his big league career. In other moves Thursday, the Astros claimed right-hander Sam Demel and infielder Jake Elmore off waivers from Arizona.dddddddddddd Left-handers Fernando Abad and Sergio Escalona, right-handers Edgar Gonzalez, Jose Valdez and Kyle Weiland, and infielder Matt Downs were sent outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. 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